8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Japan – Epic Tsunami Follows

Wow, how news and reporting has changed. A massive Earthquake hit the ocean just a few miles off the Japanese coast just a few hours ago and now the whole World is buzzing about it. Twitter is 99% about the disaster, everyone is glued to a TV or some kind of live stream. It’s absolutely ferocious.

My stream of choice is the English language Al-Jazeera stream available here:

The devastation is incredible, floating burning buildings on solid sheets of water devastating everything in it’s way. It’s like watching some terrible disaster movie…but even worse knowing that it’s real and real people are involved, people are dying, homes are being destroyed and families ripped apart.

53 countries and territories are on the watch or warning list and the death toll is climbing in Japan. A 1 meter high Tsunami is expected to sweep along the entire coast of the Philippines and tens of thousands of people are being evacuated from islands in Russia.